Television: History, structure, developments
Publications in English
Check also Media policy and Public service broadcasting
Comparative analysis: BBC and NRK
My Ph.D. thesis is an analysis of British and Norwegian public television until 1992.
Public Television in Transition: A Historical and Comparative Analysis of the BBC and the NRK. Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Leicester. Published as Levende Bilder 5/92. Oslo: KULT/ NAVF, 1992.
Read the complete thesis here
Facts and figures: Norwegian broadcasting
Do you need facts about Norwegian broadcasting? Here are some relevant publications:
'The Norwegian Television Market in the 1990s', in Nordicom review, vol 21, no. 1/2000, pp. 71-100. ISSN 1403 —1108 (Trine Syvertsen and Gro Maren Mogstad Karlsen)
The following article contains information about the Norwegian radio and TV-system. French, German and English versions can all be ordered online:
'Radio and Television Systems in Norway' in Hans-Bredow-Institut (ed.) Radio and Television Systems in Northern Europe and the Baltics. Strasbourg: Council of Europe: European Audiovisual Observatory.
Television history: Some references
Here are a couple of references to articles in English about Norwegian and Scandinavian television history:
'Scandinavia, Netherlands, and Belgium', pp. 223-233 in Smith, Anthony og Paterson, Richard (red.) Television: An International History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. (with Eli Skogerbø)
'Towards a Norwegian Television History', pp. 127-155 im Ib Bondebjerg og Francesco Bono (red.) Nordic Television: History, Politics and Aesthetics. Luton: John Libbey Media (Acamedia Research Monograph.), 1996. (with Henrik Bastiansen)
And a few articles in English about Norwegian and British public television in the 1980s and 1990s
'Serving the Public: public television in Norway in a new media age'. Media, Culture and Society no. 2 1992, vol. 14: 229-244, 1992.
'"Culture" vs. "Business": Structural Changes in Norwegian Broadcasting', pp. 331-344 in Knut Lundby and Helge Rønning (eds.) Media and Communication: Readings in Methodology, History and Culture.[Festskrift til Svennik Høyer] Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1991.
'Public Television in Crisis: Critiques Compared in Norway and Britain', pp. 95-114 in European Journal of Communication, vol. 6(1). London, Newbury Park, New Dehli: Sage, 1991.
An article about Norwegian public television in Hungarian:
'Køzszolgálati média' i Magyar Felsöoktatás1999:5-6 (translated by Ferenc Kovács):